Outdoors briefs

COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is hosting a partner appreciation event in Southeastern Colorado. The partner appreciation event will honor the dedication of the many people and organizations that assist the agency in education events, contributing to habitat preservation, increasing hunter retention and recruitment and getting Coloradans involved in outdoor recreation.

To honor these valuable relationships across the state, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is holding Partner Appreciation Events in each of the state’s four regions. The Southeast Colorado event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Doubletree Hotel in Colorado Springs.

“Our agency relies heavily on partners and volunteers to do great things for wildlife and our state parks,” said Dan Prenzlow, Southeast region manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “We’ve held volunteer events for many years but this year we wanted to make sure we also held a special event for the organizations that are helping us do what we do.”

Prenzlow hopes that all partners — and potential partners — will attend the event for the opportunity to network and share ideas and information.

“Even if you have never partnered with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, your organization should attend,” Prenzlow said. “This is the opportunity to learn more about what we can offer each other, whether it is related to hunting and fishing or recreation opportunities at our state parks.”

There will be food and plenty of networking opportunities. Attendees are required to RSVP by Sept. 12 by sending an email to partners@state.co.us.